What's Wrong with Norman

Dylan (Max Thieriot) prepares for his first day of work with a little Taxi Driver-style quick draw practice in the mirror.

Norma (Vera Farmiga) and Norman (Freddie Highmore) are having a quiet breakfast before Dylan enters and tells "Mr. and Mrs. Bates" that he won't be able to help around the house today as he has to go to work. The two are stunned.

At school, Emma (Olivia Cooke) tells Norman that she's scared the men from the pot fields are going to find them. She also admits that she only took him out to the mountain to search for the dead girl as an excuse to be with him. Now that it all might be real, she feels terribly guilty.

After arguing with Emma about the dead girl on the mountain, Norman finds his mind wandering in class. Images from the manga flash through his head. Miss Watson tries to snap him out of it, but he's lost in the visions.

The visions keep flashing in his mind, but instead of the girl from the manga, he begins to see Miss Watson, bound and gagged in the same positions. They come faster and faster until it's too much for him, and Norman collapses into his teacher's arms.

Norman indulges his love of clicking things while waiting in the hospital for his test results. Norma gets a call and has to rush home to sign for the new motel carpets.

As Norma leaves, Bradley (Nicola Peltz) walks in. She tells Norman, "Tag, you're it," as she returns the plant he brought her when she was in the hospital with her father. Bradley apologizes for not being able to talk to him when he visited, then hops in bed with him to watch old movies.

Back at the house, Norma is signing for the carpets when Sheriff Romero (Nestor Carbonell) lets himself in. It seems this time he has a search warrant. As he and his deputies scour the house for clues, Norma rushes back to the hospital.

Norma decides to take Norman home against doctor's orders. She tells Norman about the police searching their house, and his thoughts immediately go to the belt he has hidden under his bed. Will they find it?

Norma is preparing Norman's favorite dish, turkey pot pie, when he gives her the bad news. The belt is gone. Norma is stunned; she thought they had cleaned up every last trace of Keith Summers.

Norman is in tears as he tries to answer his mother's questions: why would he want to keep that thing? He just doesn't know. Norma decides the answers can wait. It's time to take action.

After Norma leaves, Emma stops by to talk to Norman. He tries to send her away, but she is adamant. If they forget about the dead girl it will be like she never existed. Norman lets her in.

Emma has discovered that the number 4 is repeated throughout the sketchbook. Norman remembers that he found the manga in room four. Emma immediately hops up and leaves to investigate.

As Emma explains her theory about the sex slave operation, Norman gets a text from Bradley asking after their plant. Emma ignores his lovesick smile and continues looking for clues.

They discover a Chinese character scratched into the surface under the sink. Emma can't believe it. "She was here, Norman! She was real!" She takes a picture for further study.

Norma walks right past Norman when she returns from her excursion. She spoke to Deputy Shelby. She doesn't know what's going on exactly, but she knows that he knows about the belt, and now she's meeting him at his house for dinner. Norman is miserable.

Dylan finds Norman waiting up for their mother. He gives Norman a hard time, then mentions the fact that Norman nearly killed him. Norman laughs it off; he has no memory of the event. They share a rare happy moment laughing about their messed-up family.

Norma arrives home later that night and lets Norman know what happened, keeping some of the night's events to herself. Norman doesn't want Shelby to have power over them, but Norma tells him there's no alternative.

Norma comforts Norman, telling him everything will be okay, but he doesn't seem to agree.

Emma tells Norman she's going to tell the police about their discoveries, and Norman explodes. He tells her that nothing they can do will change anything, so she should just drop it. He apologizes for yelling, then goes to class, leaving Emma thoroughly confused.

Norma sits on Norman's bed and tells him the entire situation is his fault. "You know what you have to do, don't you?" she asks. "I have to get that belt," he replies to an empty room.